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Q.    After Installing the program or and update, I received a warning that "...Install was unable to merge the new configuration parameters..." and I must "...manually merge the new configuration parameters." What is this?

On completion of installation, you may get a warning and a set of instructions concerning an apparent conflict with the IDAPI settings. The warning goes like this:

Borland Installation Notification, Special instructions for SQL links  Install updates your current IDAPI configuation file to reflect the presence of the new products or parameters you are installing.  For an unknown reason, Install was unable to merge the new configuration parameters into you default IDAPI configuration file. When installation is complete, you must manually merge the new configuration parameters with your default IDAPI configuration file.
IDAPI is a Windows Database standard which allows programs to share data. Many windows programs conform to this standard and contain IDAPI settings. So does the DCMS for Windows. The good news is that the settings are not important, because I don't use the SQL links that caused the problem. You can completely ignore this message and its instructions. It will not affect the operation of the DCMS.